Richard Parks Bland (August 19 1835 – June 15 1899) was an American politician lawyer and educator from Missouri. A Democrat Bland served in the United States Congress a total of twenty-four years between 1873 and 1899representing at various times the Missouri 5th 8th and 11th congressional districts. Nicknamed Silver Dick for his efforts to promote a United States return to bimetallism and an advocate of the free silver movement Bland is best known for the Bland–Allison Act.
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